Registration is closed - if you have not signed up online or have already spoken to me - DO NOT SHOW UP SAT morning wanting to play. You will be turned away.

A Bonus GSSevenS Event will be taking place on OCT 15th and 16th, 2011

FORMAT CHANGE!! - SAT 2 rounds in 3 somes on SAT and 1 round on SUN.As of now, since there is going to be less than 54 players, I will go ahead and change the format to 2 rounds of 3somes on SAT and 1 round on Sunday (NO FINAL 9)allowing everyone to be on the road by 2-3 pm at the latest after awards.

Event HQ will be at the Chicken Shack - I will have banners and signs set up at the turn so people will know to go there, as the main parking lot will be only for Zipline people as they have a full schedule this weekend with the leaves changing - as well as it's a long way from Event Central.

Hole 1 325 / 240 ft Par 3All Pools tee to a basket straight ahead downhill through the trees. In or beyond road is OB. To next tee turn right and follow trail to Hole 2 teesHole 2 280 / 225 ft Par 3All Pools tee to a basket ahead slightly to the left. In or beyond road is OB. To next tee follow trail towards road turn right WITHOUT crossing road to Hole 3 wooden deck teeHole 3 190 ft Par 3All Pools tee from wooden deck REC TEE to a basket downhill in front of the creek. Surrounded by water in or beyond creek in Hole 5 Fairway is OB. To next tee turn right 100 feet and follow dirt road to Hole 4 tees.Hole 4 SAT “B” position 340 / 210 ft – SUN “A” position 365 / 235 ft PAR 3(SAT) All Pools tee to a basket inside the tree line and uphill. Surrounded by water in or beyond creek in Hole 5 Fairway is OB. (SUN) All pools tee to a basket straight ahead. Surrounded by water in or beyond creek in Hole 5 Fairway is OB. To next tee turn back and cross creek at bridge – On Hole 5 Pool 1 Tees from the wood deck next to the Windmill-Pool 2 tees from concrete pad.Hole 5 555 / 375 ft Par 4All Pools tee to a basket straight ahead. Surrounded by water in or beyond creek in Hole 4 Fairway is OB. In or beyond road is OB. To next tee turn right and walk 250 feet to Hole 6 tees. Pool 1 tees from near road with REC tee 360 feet ahead.Hole 6 810 / 450 ft Par 5All Pools tee to a basket straight ahead then dogleg left through opening in trees and up 2 levels. Surrounded by water in or beyond creek in Hole 4 Fairway is OB. To next tee, follow sign to trail, then turn left and walk up trail to the #7 tees.Hole 7 340 / 250 ft Par 3All pools tee to a basket straight ahead and slightly uphill. To next tee follow sign and trail 70 ft to Hole 8 tee. Hole 8 180 ft Par 3All pools tee from concrete pad to a basket slightly downhill and across the ravine.To Next Tee turn left and follow path to Hole 9 tees.Hole 9 350 / 285 ft Par 3All pools tee to a basket slightly uphill and straight ahead. To next tee turn around and walk towards the chicken shack to Hole 10 tees. Pool 1 tees from pad near metal shed, Pool 2 tees from marked area on concrete slab near chicken shack.Hole 10 400 / 275 ft Par 3All pools tee to a basket slightly downhill and straight ahead. To next tee turn right about 80 ft to hole 11 tees.Hole 11 475 / 370 ft Par 4All Pools tee to a basket after a dogleg right turn.To next tee, all Pools follow trail towards Chicken Shack and turn right – follow Chicken Shack to end and tees are inside. Hole 12 365 / 305 ft Par 3All pools tee to a basket straight ahead inside Chicken Shack. To next tee, exit Chicken Shack and turn left to Hole 13 tees.Hole 13 400 / 295 ft Par 3 All pools tee to a basket downhill and straight ahead. To next tee turn left and follow trail to Hole 14 tee.Hole 14 315 ft Par 3All Pools tee from wooden deck to a basket slightly downhill and to the left. To next tee, turn right follow trail across road to Hole 15 tees. Pool 1 tee is across road, Pool 2 tee is across creek after crossing road.Hole 15 525 / 385 ft Par 4All pools tee to a basket on the hillside straight ahead. In or beyond road is OB. To next tee turn left towards road, then turn right after reaching road and follow road uphill to trail that lead uphill to Hole 16 tees.Hole 16 210 / 180 ft Same distance both days Par 3(SAT) All Pools tee to a basket inside the tree line and uphill. (SUN) All pools tee to a basket straight ahead uphill. To next tee turn left on SAT, or right on SUN to Hole 17 teesHole 17 SAT “B” position 485 / 335 ft – SUN “A” position 450 / 350 ft PAR 4(SAT) All Pools tee to a basket downhill then back uphill to a basket on the right (SUN) All Pools tee to a basket downhill then back uphill to a basket straight ahead. To next tee turn back and follow trail to Hole 18 tees.Hole 18 SAT “A” position 400 / 330 ft – SUN Practice Basket 500 / 430 ft PAR 4MANDO!! Must be passed to the left. Drop Zone is REC TEE. (SAT) All Pools tee to a basket straight ahead and uphill. (SUN) All Pools tee to a basket uphill and around the corner to the right (practice basket). In or beyond road is OB near practice basket. Road in fairway near tees is NOT OB!To Hole 1 tee turn left and follow trail to Hole 1 tees.

The 1st Annual Zip Line Open - Camping and TeePee "Glamping" is now available to reserve for the Event weekend - FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED - Please keep in mind that we[/size] DO NOT have exclusive rights to this area for the Event and there will still be Canopy Tour patrons also possibly camping here if Disc Golfers do not reserve the spaces. (think Lake Russell)Info and resevations can be found here: http://northgeorgiacanopytours.com/cam.html

There is also a bath house with separate mens and ladies facilities for use by the campers and TeePee inhabitants as well as the option to order breakfast to be delivered to the Command Center each morning that you can order when you check in. Keith [/color]

The complex will also be the host of the first GSSS Event in 2012 in MARCH!

Course directions and address here: http://northgeorgiacanopytours.com/directions.html - It is around an hour from ITP and around 1&1/2 from most any area near I-285. Less than 45 minutes from Athens or Blairsville as they are right off US 129 / US 23.

I'm pretty pumped for this one, just got out to the course today (haven't been out there since April and May) and its breaking in nicely. Everything about the course screams professionalism and tournament caliber. This could easily be one of the top dg complexes in the southeast before too long...and with the first PDGA event only 6 months after first opening, I'd say it's well on its way!

I hope to see everyone excited to play an Event here with the ability to kick back and relax after you golf day is done.With only 1 round and then 9 holes with tee times after lunch each day - nobody should be too worn out to enjoy their surroundings!

I hope to see everyone excited to play an Event here with the ability to kick back and relax after you golf day is done.With only 1 round and then 9 holes with tee times after lunch each day - nobody should be too worn out to enjoy their surroundings!

keith johnson wrote:I hope to see everyone excited to play an Event here with the ability to kick back and relax after you golf day is done.Keith

I seriously doubt he knows the concept of relaxation, for better or worse.

keith johnson wrote:You mean me or Woody?

The statement you quoted is referring to the players relaxing similar to Lake Russell where they can just head back to the campsites or Cabins(at LR)/Teepees(at NGCT) to chill and watch the sunset.

O4PETESAKE wrote: The park is probably very relaxing, but I have never seen you in relaxation mode Keith, so I guess all the players will be responsible for doing that.

Which is why I said I WOULD BE looking forward to seeing everyone excited to play and then kick back and relax - and didn't say I would be relaxing and kicking back. Although with staying overnight in a teepee and only playing 27 holes (the last 9 with tee times) each day - it will not be the hectic jam everything into 1 day 2rounds GSSS Event.

It is also not in a park - it is 300 acres of private property, with a par 61 Disc Golf Course (which has room for expansion) built onto it.

The following 12 players have spots being held for them in the BONUS EVENT (that must still be PAID FOR online) until AUGUST 28th only - as a courtesy for signing up for all six GSSS Events - these 12 players only will also receive a CFR with their signup FREE of Charge for their support in the SERIES if they do signup for the Bonus Event.

2 players who had signed up for all 6 Events have signed up so far leaving these 10 players listed below until AUG 28th after I return home from Hotlanta to be signed up before the spots are released back into the field.

I would love to play this tournament, and had planned to, for quite a while, but it's just not going to work out this year. I've already done 3 2-day tournys this year and have PPIC on the horizon. I also need to go camping soon with the family when I'm NOT mostly away playing DG.

Where are all the PRO players and ADV players that are always begging for a course with par 4's and 5's that has open bombing holes and fair fairways in the woods?

NGCT is a par 61 with 5 par 4's and a legit par 5 that offers all the golf you have been looking for without having to kill you with 2 rounds in one day.

On SAT all players will play 18 holes, then we will break for lunch and after lunch PRO / ADV players will tee off starting on hole 1 with tee times stopping after HOLE 9 - with all other divisions teeing off on hole 10 stopping on Hole 18 with tee times.

On SUN all players will play 18 holes, then we will break for lunch and after lunch PRO / ADV players will tee off starting on hole 10 finishing on HOLE 18 with tee times - with all other divisions teeing off on hole 1 finishing on HOLE 9 with tee times.

Every competitor will play 3 rounds total, but will have the time to enjoy the fall foliage scenery and to recharge the batteries (the better you play obviously gives you more time to enjoy)

OK - here is a deal for Dollar and any other PRO OPEN players (which the long tees are designed for) - I'll move into Open, and I'll make 1st place $250 minimum - and for every multiple of 5 players, add $50 to 1st place - so if there are 5 players it will be $300 for 1st, for 10 players it would be $350 for 1st, etc.

It could be the easier money you ever made - if you could beat a 903 rated, and 953 rated player over 54 holes.

There are a few lunch options for this weekend.There is a deli / diner that can deliver lunch if ordered in the morning, as well as a Subway and other options a few miles away in Lula.

As of now, since there is going to be less than 54 players, I will go ahead and change the format to 2 rounds of 3somes on SAT and 1 round on Sunday (NO FINAL 9)allowing everyone to be on the road by 2-3 pm at the latest after awards.

So if you were waffling because of thinking it would be a long day on SUNDAY, now is the opportunity to changeyour mind.

Just got everything worked out to participate and then discovered that it was a two day event. Would love to play but can't take two days from my kids...especially when I only get to see them every other weekend. Y'all have fun.

John

World Champ in the making!!! Hope it comes before I'm playing in the Senior Legends division.

taylor95512 wrote:Just got everything worked out to participate and then discovered that it was a two day event. Would love to play but can't take two days from my kids...especially when I only get to see them every other weekend. Y'all have fun.

John

Sorry you can't make it this time John - keep looking for the 2012 GSSS info all Events will be SAT only except the finale at Lake Russell.

taylor95512 wrote:Just got everything worked out to participate and then discovered that it was a two day event. Would love to play but can't take two days from my kids...especially when I only get to see them every other weekend. Y'all have fun.

John

Sorry you can't make it this time John - keep looking for the 2012 GSSS info all Events will be SAT only except the finale at Lake Russell.

Keith

Definitely looking forward to the 2012 GSSS. It's been a fun year. If 2012 Lake Russell falls on a weekend with the kids, I'll have to bring the whole family up for a weekend getaway. Thanks again Keith for all the time you put into this series.

John

World Champ in the making!!! Hope it comes before I'm playing in the Senior Legends division.

taylor95512 wrote:Just got everything worked out to participate and then discovered that it was a two day event. Would love to play but can't take two days from my kids...especially when I only get to see them every other weekend. Y'all have fun.

John

Sorry you can't make it this time John - keep looking for the 2012 GSSS info all Events will be SAT only except the finale at Lake Russell.

Keith

Definitely looking forward to the 2012 GSSS. It's been a fun year. If 2012 Lake Russell falls on a weekend with the kids, I'll have to bring the whole family up for a weekend getaway. Thanks again Keith for all the time you put into this series.

John

Lake Russell is the only one that NEVER changes dates - it has always been the weekend AFTER Labor Day since long before I moved here and started running it - next year will be the 5th year as part of the GSSS and the 14th Annual Lake Russell Open

D-Wiz wrote:Wish I could make this one, Keith, but I must work this weekend. You are two posts away from 4,000, so please be sure to make your 4K post a good one

A response to my favorite Blairsvillian and nicest host in the state!

Number 4,000 couldn't go to a better guy - and by the way, I had no idea I was even close to 4,000 on this version of the website - In reality on all 3 of the ADGO versions since I moved here, I'm probably closer to 5 or 6 thousand.

Sorry you can't make it, but you'll have another chance in 2012 after Meeks Madness - as on the 17th of March 2012 GSSS'12 debuts it's final season. No more running Feburary Events for me - mother nature just never cooperates with the FEB Events.

3 more have signed up since the last post - only know of 1 persons division - who paid cash in Open. Another open player is at the course now and said he will probaly sign up - But as of now there are only 42 spots left!5 hours to go!

htorbit wrote:I didn't see the location of tournament central listed in the first post. Will it be at the zip line hq or near the chicken house as I thought I remember you saying at some point? Thanks!

Event HQ will be at the Chicken Shack - I will have banners and signs set up at the turn so people will know to go there, as the main parking lot will be only for Zipline people as they have a full schedule this weekend with the leaves changing - as well as it's a long way from Event Central.

We reached 10 pros as it is - so I'll put $350 for 1st as promised and I'll pay 5 of 8 that will remain - but myself and Aaron Saft will probably move out - myself to Masters (unless Jordy and Brett want to move into Open and make it a 12 person division paying 6 with $400 to 1st) and Aaron moving to Advanced per earlier decisions that were subject to change after the registration closed.

Yeah - Leigh Smith called at 9 this morning and is driving up with the Savannah guys - he originally was going to come, then couldn't make it, and now is able to - so he is good to go. - I'm leaving in a little bit will be up there this afternoon with spotty cellm service and no computer access.

3rd overall score Mark - 3 1000 rated rounds - first time I've done that since I won the Halloween Event over 21 players last year in Vegas - It's also the first time a course I put lots of man hours into that I didn't finish out of the cash in years - thanks for the congrats!

Big thanks to Keith and family for their hard work. This course is AWESOME. It's easily the best new course in GA since Flyboy, and definitely one of the Top 5 in the state. One Event here per year would not be nearly enough!

If you have NOT played it, you ARE missing out! I will be back as often as possible.

see the thing about you guys is you want to get birdies on holes too. but you shouldn't be, therefore if you were to desgin a course you would make it so you could get a birdie on the hole. and that would be wrong because people like myself would never get a bogey and probably hardly ever get a 3. in ball golf do you get a 2 in every round you play. my guess is no so therefore you suck in someones eyes that plays that sport well. and no professional ball golfer is ever going to want you to design a course. no offense i mean theres alot of things i suck at. like life

Bootsie wrote:do you think you should design a disc golf course if you cant throw 300 ft?

Bootsie wrote:see the thing about you guys is you want to get birdies on holes too. but you shouldn't be, therefore if you were to desgin a course you would make it so you could get a birdie on the hole. and that would be wrong because people like myself would never get a bogey and probably hardly ever get a 3. in ball golf do you get a 2 in every round you play. my guess is no so therefore you suck in someones eyes that plays that sport well. and no professional ball golfer is ever going to want you to design a course. no offense i mean theres alot of things i suck at. like life

Bootsie wrote:sounds like it wasnt designed by some novice rump thats been playing golf for 6 months that will never beable to throw 300 feet